Title: Length of Stay Per Surface in Burn Patient: One Size Does Not Fit All
Abstract:It is current to report the length of stay related to the burn surface area. 1Actual estimate use an average of 0.7 to 1.2 hospitalization day per percent surface burn. However, patients with small bu...It is current to report the length of stay related to the burn surface area. 1Actual estimate use an average of 0.7 to 1.2 hospitalization day per percent surface burn. However, patients with small burn surface area requiring surgery may need several days between burn and surgery and additional 5–7 days after surgery to allow the skin graft to take. This lead to spuriously high LOS. When calculating the length of stay per surface, we hypothesized that the relation was not constant over the range of burned surface. We extracted from our prospective research database all alive patients admitted primarily to our burn unit from July 1st 2002 to June 30 2005. Patients were discharged to a rehabilitation center or at home. Patients were stratified according to the burn surface area. Over 3 years 344 alive patients were surveyed. Patients with larger burns had a shorter length of stay per percent surface burn. The correlation between LOS and TBSA yield a positive interceptRead More
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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